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This book brings together enduring, influential works on the role of military power in foreign policy and international politics. Now in its eighth edition, this fully updated reader has been significantly revised with twenty innovative and up-to-date selections meticulously chosen and edited by leading scholars Robert Art and Kelly Greenhill.Read more...

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For more than two decades, The Use of Force has been the 'go-to' book for both introductory and advanced courses in security studies. Like its distinguished predecessors, this new edition still combines classic theoretical articles and up-to-date analyses of critical contemporary issues. If you are going to assign one book to your students, this is the one. -- Stephen M. Walt, Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Affairs, Harvard University The Use of Force has long been the leading reader in the area of security studies. It deftly combines the 'classics' with the best new scholarship on emerging issues, and takes care to present competing perspectives. I have used it for years and hope to do so for years to come. -- Peter Feaver, Triangle Institute for Security Studies, Duke University It is hard to imagine a better collection of traditional security analyses by prominent realist scholars. -- Deborah Avant, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver Like the eighth edition of The Use of Force you will. -- YodaRead more...